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Sunday, 16 April 2017

USA SALES MARCH - KIA - The brand has dropped a significant number of units this month.

Forte Family of Compact Cars Leads March Sales

Kia Motors America today announced March sales of 49,429 units, led by the Forte family of compact cars with 10,289 units sold. The month also saw sales of the all-new Niro** climb to 2,704 units in the crossover’s second full month of availability.

The Rio has dropped a large amount due in part to the all new model due imminently, the other sedans were also all, in the main down in sales, the all-new Niro has produced a significant amount of sales with the second month sales tipping 2,700.

We then have the Crossover and SUV side of the brand, unfortunately, these are all down too, meaning that the brand for the month was down around 9,000 units, to a low figure of 48,429 units in the month.

MONTH OF MARCH

YEAR-TO-DATE

Model

2017

2016

2017

2016

Rio

1,246

2,475

3,072

5,366

Forte

10,289

10,406

25,062

23,922

Optima

10,204

11,725

26,945

29,768

Cadenza

437

593

1,125

1,552

K900

43

95

108

246

Niro

2,704

N/A

4,889

N/A

Sportage

5,560

6,804

15,414

17,467

Sorento

7,751

9,897

20,775

24,693

Sedona

2,769

4,241

6,418

10,231

Soul

8,426

12,043

23,920

33,076

Total

49,429

58,279

127,728

146,321

* The Sorento and Optima GDI (EX, SX & Limited and certain LX Trims only) are assembled in the United States from U.S. and globally sourced parts.